Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Fall 2009


English 302:S02 & S05
Course Schedule

Week 1 (Aug 31 – Sept 2): Writing and Thinking
Making Sense chapter 1

Week 2 (Sept 9): Designing a Project
Making Sense chapter 2
Exercise 1 due Sept 9

Week 3 (Sept 14 – 16): Theorizing
Making Sense chapter 3 (to p 46)

Week 4 (Sept 21 – 23): Writing Essays and Exams
Making Sense chapter 9
Short Report due Sept 23

Week 5 (Sept 28 – 30): Quantitative Data
Making Sense chapter 4
Quantitative data analysis exercise

Week 6 (Oct 5 – 7): Qualitative Data
Making Sense chapter 5

Week 7 (Oct 13 – 14): Planning and Organizing
Columbus Day Recess (Monday classes meet Tuesday; Tuesday classes do not meet).
Making Sense chapter 8
Data Analysis (Qualitative) due Oct 14

Week 8 (Oct 19 – 21): Ethics
Making Sense chapter 6
Research Proposal due Oct 19

Week 9 (Oct 26 – 28): Writing with Sytle
Making sense chapter 7

Week 10 (Nov 2 – 4): Documentation
Making Sense chapter 10
Annotated Bibliography Nov 4

Week 11 (Nov 9 – 11): Literature Review
Making Sense chapter 3 (from p 46)
Exercises

Week 12 (Nov 16 – 18): Grammar and usage
Making Sense chapter 11
Literature Review due Nov 18

Week 13 (Nov 23): Punctuation etc
Making Sense chapter 12
Exercises

Thanksgiving recess Nov 25 – 29

Week 14 (Nov 30 – Dec 2): Peer Review and prep
Peer Review Dec 2

Week 15 (Dec 7 – 9): Presentations
Class Presentations Dec 7 - 9
Final Report due Dec 9


 

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